Is there a consensus that one who abandons all deeds while maintaining belief and speech is a disbeliever?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Faith is speech, action, and belief. Is there a consensus that one who abandons action is not a Muslim, even if he believes and speaks with faith?
Answer:
If he abandons action entirely, my brother, and does nothing in his life—neither prays nor fasts, nor anything else—then he is not a believer. But if he abandons some of the deeds, and what he abandoned is the prayer, then he becomes a disbeliever by the explicit text of the hadith, and it is reported:Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam) Sunan Ibn Majah 1078Sahih (Darussalam) As for the rest of the deeds, he is not declared a disbeliever, but he is judged to be a sinner, either one who commits a major sin or one who commits a minor sin. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Faith is speech, action, and belief. Is there a consensus that one who abandons action is not a Muslim, even if he believes and speaks with faith?
Answer:
If he abandons action entirely, my brother, and does nothing in his life—neither prays nor fasts, nor anything else—then he is not a believer. But if he abandons some of the deeds, and what he abandoned is the prayer, then he becomes a disbeliever by the explicit text of the hadith, and it is reported:
that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.
الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاه فمن تركها فقد كفرBetween a person and Kufr (disbelief) is abandoning the prayer.
بين العبد وبين الكفر ترك الصلاه
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1525- 4717] هل من ترك العمل كله مع الإتيان بالاعتقاد والقول مجمع على كفره؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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